Global hot tourist destinations will welcome a large number of Chinese tourists during the upcoming May Day holidays from May 1 to May 5. The return of Chinese tourists will greatly boost local economic growth through travel spending, analysts said, noting that China, with its growing consumption power, remains a major contributor to global growth.
China’s outbound travel significantly rebounded during this year’s May Day holidays along with the recovery of the Chinese economy and the resumption of multiple international air routes.
In addition to sunshine, sea waves and coconut palms, a surging human tide has become the most distinct and enduring label of Sanya in South China s Hainan Province.
With the approach of the Dragon Boat Festival – the last major holiday for the first half of the year – a handful of Chinese provinces have started to resume inter-provincial group tours and hand out travel consumption vouchers to boost an industry recovery from lingering COVID-19 outbreaks.
As multiple Chinese localities rolled out travel guidance for the upcoming five-day May Day holidays, asking residents not to stay put and requiring nucleic acid test results, analysts said that the tourism sector is facing another test, with hopes of recovery dashed by the latest round of COVID-19 outbreaks.